Clothesline ring



' May 21,1935. T. DossEY CLOTHESLINE RING Filed Nov. 21, 195.5

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ATTORN EY Patented May 21, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHESLINE RING Trumon Dossey, Aruba, Dutch West Indies Application November 21, 1933, Serial No. 699,054

1 Claim. (01. 24-139) The invention relates to a clothesline ring and Similar reference characters indicate corremore especially to a clothespin or ring. sponding parts throughout the several views in The primary object of the invention is the prothe drawing. vision of an article of this character wherein Referring to the drawing in detail, A desig- 5 clothes or other articles of fabric may be connates generally a portion of a clothesline and B 5 veniently fastened upon a line so as to prevent a portion of an article of clothing hung thereon, any possibility of the accidental removal from while C is the ring or pin constituting the present the line, the ring or pin being of novel construcinvention and hereinafter fully described. tion so as to permit the convenient fastening The ring or pin C comprises a singlelength of the same in place with dispatch when securing of inherently resilient wire bent on itself to pro- 10 clothing or like articles upon a clothesline; vide a circular portion 5 and reversely extending Another object of the invention is the provision end portions 6, these being arranged at opposite of a ring or pin of this character, wherein the sides of the circular portion 5 and having the same is in the form of a spring hook or loop with outwardly, downwardly and inwardly curled terthe ends overlapping and reversely curled so that minals l or eye tips, the end portions 6 being 15 the application of the ring or pin to a clothesline normally in contact with the circular portion 5 when fastening clothes thereon or like articles and overlapping the latter for substantially onecan be carried forth with dispatch and without half of its diameter or circumference. V inconvenience to the user. In the use of the ring or pin either terminal A further object of the invention is the proor eye tip 1 is disposed in side contact with the 20 vision of a pin or ring of this character which line A or the article B hung thereon and by is extremely simple in construction, thoroughly downward pressure and a rolling motion the porreliable and efiicientin its purpose, strong, dutions 6 will spring apart to accommodate thererable, easily and conveniently manipulated for between the line A and article B hung thereon so the fastening or removing of clothes to and from as to assume the position as shown in Figures 25 a line, and inexpensive to manufacture. 3 and 4, thus detachably fastening the article 7 With these and other objects in view, the in- B upon the line A. The terminals or eye tips I vention consists in the features of construction, are disposed in a lateral outward direction to lie combination and arrangement of parts as will in substantially the same plane of the pin proper be hereinafter more fully described in detail, ilin contradistinction to being bent at right angles 30 lustrated in the accompanying drawing, which to such plane, so that when the clothespin is discloses the preferred embodiment of the invenengaged upon a line having a piece of material tion, and pointed out in the claim hereunto aphung thereon, the terminals or eye tips I will pended. underlie the rope or clothesline for a positive In the accompanying drawing: latching of the piece of material thereon without 5 Figure l is a perspective View of the ring or liability of the said piece of material becoming pin constructed in accordance with the invenloose when attacked by wind. tion. What is claimed is:

Figure 2 is a side elevation showing the po A ring or pin of the kind described, comprising 40 sition of the ring or pin for the initial introduca single convolution formed from a length of re- 40 tion to the line when clothing is hung thereon. silient wire, the free ends of the wire being out- Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing wardly and inwardly curled at opposite sides of the ring or pin engaged with the clothing and the convolution and disposed to project entirely the line. without the said convolution to be exposed to Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view through their full extent beyond the convolution and at 45 the clothing and line with the ring or pin atdiametrically opposite points with respect thereto. tached. 'IRUMON DOSSEY. 

